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preceding together. Head rather narrow and elongate, distinctly narrowed behind the 
eyes, flat, with a dense obsolete punctuation. Thorax about as long as broad, narrower 
than the elytra, only a little narrowed behind, but distinctly rounded at the sides, dull, 
scarcely visibly punctulate. Elytra of a yellow colour, rather longer than the thorax, 
extremely finely punctate. Hind body at the base rather closely punctate, towards the 
extremity quite sparingly punctate and shining. 
This insect is closely allied to E. sordida and LE. debilis, but is of considerably 
narrower form, with narrower thorax and more slender antenne. Only a single indi- 
vidual has been found. 
12. Epipeda angusticeps. 
Subdepressa, angustula, subtilissime punctulata, abdomine nitido, parum punctato, rufo-obscura ; capite 
angusto, nigricante, post oculos angustato; prothorace quam elytra angustiore, lateribus subrotundatis, 
angulis posterioribus indistinctis. 
Long. 17 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet, Cubilguitz, Purula (Champion). 
Antenne of moderate length and thickness, obscure red, paler at the base; third 
joint rather shorter than the second, fourth nearly quadrate, fifth to tenth each a little 
transverse ; terminal joint hardly as long as the two preceding together. Head narrow, 
narrower than the thorax, much narrowed behind the eyes; the surface dull, with 
obsolete punctuation. Thorax not quite so long as broad, excessively finely punctulate. 
Elytra rather longer than the thorax, densely and extremely finely punctate. Hind 
body with an excessively fine obsolete sculpture at the base of each of the second and 
third segments, but, except for this, almost impunctate. Legs clear yellow. 
The middle cox in this species are rather broadly separated, and the gene are 
distinctly margined. By its facies, and not improbably by its characters, this insect 
connects the aberrant H. discedens with the other forms of the genus. Five individuals 
have been found: two of them, from Cerro Zunil, agree closely as above described, 
while a third from the same locality is smaller with rather shorter thorax, and the 
two individuals from the other localities are slightly discordant in some minute 
points. 
13. Epipeda discedens. 
Brunnea, capite antennisque obscurioribus, his basi ruta, pedibus testaceis; capite angustulo, post oculos 
angustato, fortiter, obsolete punctato ; prothorace transverso, quam elytra angustiore, lateribus rotundatis, 
omnium dense obsoletissime punctulato. 
Long. 3-37 millim. 
Hab. Guaremata, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (Champion). 
Antenne somewhat elongate and stout; third joint elongate, as long as the second ; 
fourth smaller than the others, quite as long as broad; the fifth is longer than broad, 
